ghc needing ghc is the biggest bug in ghc

[Lennart Augustsson]

But how does gcc compile what you call "a basic C compiler"?
By using a C compiler.

And GHC does something similar, it compiles "a basic Haskell compiler".
And what does it need to do that?  A Haskell compiler.

	-- Lennart

Dennis Heuer wrote:
> Are you fully nerd???? How can ghc expect an installed ghc for the
> first build stage????? What is that???? See how gcc does it. It creates
> a basic C compiler in the first stage and then compiles the
> further stages with that. Your strategy shows that you just don't care.
> So don't expect that admins are happy about your offer...
> 
> Man, unbelievable....
> 
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